Softball: Cavaliers come up short against Louisville in series finale, 9-2
The Virginia softball team fell behind early and wasn’t able to rally in a 9-2 loss to Louisville in the series finale at Palmer Park on Sunday.
The Virginia softball team fell behind early and wasn’t able to rally in a 9-2 loss to Louisville in the series finale at Palmer Park on Sunday.
Sporting its 1980s-inspired retro uniforms for Alumni Day, No. 3 Virginia scored the first six goals of the game and never looked back as the Cavaliers downed No. 13 Syracuse, 19-12, at Klöckner Stadium.
The Virginia women’s tennis team suffered a 4-0 loss against North Carolina in the semifinals of the 2023 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship on Saturday at Duke’s Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center in Durham, N.C.
The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams closed out the final day of the Virginia Challenge on Saturday, as the Cavaliers turned impressive performances despite scattered showers covering Lannigan Field throughout the day.
Virginia head coach Michele Madison has announced that Mia Abello, Ria Chhina, Minnie Pollock and Emma Watchilla will join the field hockey team as freshmen for the 2023 season. Additionally, Megan Connors will join the team as a grad transfer from the University of California.
Freshman Annabelle Xu won the clinching point for the Cavaliers, winning a tiebreaker 8-6 to decide her second set on court four.
The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team won 15-10 over Virginia Tech to secure a point in the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash on Thursday night at Klöckner Stadium.
The No. 7 Virginia men’s tennis team closed out the regular season with a 6-1 victory against Georgia Tech on Sunday at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.
The victory was win No. 100 at Virginia for head coach Sara O’Leary. She has a record of 100-47 at UVA and becomes the third coach in program history to win 100 matches with the Cavaliers.
It marked the first season UVA advanced to the match play final since the format was adopted by the ACC in 2021.
The Cavaliers improved to 23-2 at home this season and went 6-2 on the eight-game homestand.
No. 9 Virginia won seven races at the two-day Ivy Invite this weekend on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J.
Dirk Katstra, who has led the Virginia Athletic Foundation for the past 26 years, announced Saturday that he will step away from his job as the organization’s executive director in mid-June and will assume another fundraising position within the university.
Virginia sophomore Amanda Sambach wrapped up a record-setting performance to become the third Cavalier golfer to win the ACC Championship title on Friday in Greensboro.
Pitt clinched the series with a 6-4 win over No. 7 Virginia on Saturday at Disharoon Park. The Cavaliers suffer their second ACC series loss of the season.
Virginia won game one of the doubleheader 6-5 before falling 8-0 in the finale.
No. 3 Virginia nearly overcame a six-goal deficit at halftime, but No. 2 Duke held on to win 15-14 at Koskinen Stadium Saturday afternoon in Durham.
The No. 12 Virginia women’s lacrosse team fell 25-13 to No. 7 Boston College on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium in Chestbut Hill, Mass.
The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams hosted the second of four home meets at Lannigan Field on Saturday, as the Virginia program saw impressive performances across the board at the Virginia Grand Prix.
The Cavaliers (30-4) improved the nation’s longest winning home winning streak to 23 games.